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Author: Yoder, Jonathan K.
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Barnes, Michael G.
Smith, Trenton G.
Yoder, Jonathan K.
Economic Insecurity and the Spread of Obesity in Social Networks
Working Paper Series 2010-2, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, 2010.
Also: http://www.ses.wsu.edu/PDFFiles/WorkingPapers/TSmith/wp2010-2.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University
Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Economic Well-Being; Endogeneity; Household Composition; Obesity; Variables, Independent - Covariate; Variables, Instrumental; Weight

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

A number of recent studies have provided evidence suggesting that increases in body weight may spread via social networks. The mechanism(s) by which this might occur have become the subject of much speculation, but to date little direct evidence has been available. We provide evidence for one such mechanism: economic insecurity. Using a sample of working-age men from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we show that cohabitation with working (but not non-working) adults appears to be protective against weight gain. We address the potential endogeneity of the independent variable by employing instrumental variables in our regression analysis.
Bibliography Citation
Barnes, Michael G., Trenton G. Smith and Jonathan K. Yoder. "Economic Insecurity and the Spread of Obesity in Social Networks." Working Paper Series 2010-2, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, 2010.
2. Barnes, Michael G.
Smith, Trenton G.
Yoder, Jonathan K.
Effects of Household Composition and Income Security on Body Weight in Working-age Men
Obesity 21,9 (September 2013): E483-E489.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oby.20302/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Cohabitation; Household Composition; Income; Labor Force Participation; Obesity; Weight

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Using a sample of 2,541 working-age men from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1979), the effect of cohabitation on weight gain over a 6-year period was estimated. The potential confound caused by the joint determination of economic insecurity and cohabitation status with instrumental variables that exploit variation in local and state-level macroeconomic conditions and the presence of children in the home was addressed.
Bibliography Citation
Barnes, Michael G., Trenton G. Smith and Jonathan K. Yoder. "Effects of Household Composition and Income Security on Body Weight in Working-age Men." Obesity 21,9 (September 2013): E483-E489.